If the world we live in today resembled the way it was even a year or two ago I would have had a series of humor posts trying to create my satirical\/farcical take on what a Trump\/Biden or Pence\/Harris debate would be.\u00a0 But it\u2019s no longer possible to write satire or even farce.\u00a0 No sooner would I commit to paper some absurd outrage by Biden or Harris than one of them would blow it away with something much crazier.\u00a0 It is impossible to parody these people.\u00a0 They are living cartoons, or in Biden\u2019s case, almost living.\u00a0 If I had him walk on stage and start playing with his ear wax, he\u2019d do me one better and start picking his nose.\u00a0 If I had Harris breaking into tears and accusing the moderator of verbal assault, she\u2019d one up me by grabbing a gun from her secret service agent and start blasting away at him.\u00a0 After all, if the mayors of all large cities now routinely condone looting, arson and even murder by certain constituencies then a VP candidate going postal on a debate stage would be hardly a misdemeanor and unworthy of even a passing report in the daily papers and tv news.\u00a0 So instead of parody let\u2019s just think about what these debates will be.<\/p>\n
With respect to the presidential debates, the Trump camp is primarily concerned about the venue and the moderators.\u00a0 And with good reason.\u00a0 The history of US presidential debates is an unbroken succession of far-left moderators serving up softball puff questions to the Democrat candidate and asking the Republican candidate whether he is still beating his wife.\u00a0 Sensibly, President Trump has announced that he will require some representation on the moderator panel by conservative journalists in every debate.\u00a0 But what if they refuse?\u00a0 If the Trump camp stands their ground on this point I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Biden used this as an excuse to skip the debates altogether.\u00a0 And this is actually a pretty reasonable position for them.\u00a0 Anyone who has listened to some of Biden\u2019s most recent interviews is acutely aware that Sleepy Joe has lost more than just a little bit off of his fastball.\u00a0 In fact, he can\u2019t even manage a one bouncer to the plate.\u00a0 It\u2019s more like a slow dribbler.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking that even if President Trump agrees to all the conditions the Democrats demand, that Joe might still opt out.\u00a0 Because even if the questions were slanted in the extreme, President Trump would still get his message across and Biden would at best, stutter out almost incomprehensible non-sequiturs and at worst drool on himself.\u00a0 It will be fascinating to see how that negotiation proceeds.<\/p>\n
With respect to a Pence\/Harris debate, this would be an entirely different situation.\u00a0 Mike Pence is not a pugnacious orator like the President.\u00a0 He is a polite soft-spoken gentleman who would not attack a woman in a debate.\u00a0 He will be at a distinct disadvantage against the histrionic and emotional Harris.\u00a0 I can remember during her debate performances in the primaries, she would work herself up into an almost hysterical state that looked like she was about to burst into tears.\u00a0 I could see this unnerving Pence if he were not studied in deflecting this tactic.\u00a0 Honestly, I think it is critical that the White House team have Pence work through a number of drills to be familiar with the techniques needed to defuse Harris\u2019s emotional style.<\/p>\n
Another thing that I think will be key for both sets of debates is to use the support that both Biden and Harris have given to the BLM movement as weapons against them.\u00a0 And this should begin way before the debates in commercials that include both audio and video of the candidates siding with the rioters against the police.\u00a0 This is the strongest argument in favor of President Trump and against the Democrats.\u00a0 It should be used as a club wherever and whenever possible.\u00a0 The impact in the battleground states like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Pennsylvania will be enormous.\u00a0 And it is just possible it will have an impact in some blue states.\u00a0 It has long been assumed that Oregon and Washington are completely out of reach for Republicans forever.\u00a0 But after what has been going on in Seattle and Portland I wonder if that is still true.\u00a0 Putting resources into testing the waters there might be money well spent. \u00a0And there is definitely a case to be made for Colorado and New Mexico.<\/p>\n
Much is still unclear as to how the debates will play out this election season but as in 2016 the debates are a definite strong suit for President Trump and seeing him stacked up against the remnants of Joe Biden would be a wonderful opportunity to show America just how unprepared Biden is at this point to perform the most critical job on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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